Device for securing ladies&#39; hats on the head.



E. TtTOHLER.

DEVICE FOR SECURING LADIES HATS ON THE HEAD.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 9, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDUARD T'l'j'CHLER, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

DEVICE FOR SECURING LADIES HATS ON THE HEAD.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDUARD Tiionnnn, a citizen of Austria, and resident of Vienna, Lower Austria, Empire of Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Securing Ladies Hats on the Head, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for curing ladies hats on the head wherein two series of symmetrically arranged curved pins are rotatably mounted in such wise in a frame to be attached to the hat that by turning them they can be secured in the hair or removed therefrom said device being so arranged that it can be easily inserted in the hat to be worn and can as easily be withdrawn therefrom.

One embodiment of the invention is shown in perspective in the accompanying drawing.

As shown, the device consists of two curved supports a which are connected with one another by cross members Z). In this frame are mounted symmetrically of the central plane two shafts 0 having curved pins (Z which by rotation in opposite directions are inserted in the hair or withdrawn therefrom. The two shafts c are connected by a common connecting rod f which is pivotally connected to two lever arms 9, h pointing in opposite directions and secured on the ends of the shafts 0. The means for actuating the shafts 0 consists of a rod 2' which is pivoted to a short lever 7; on one shaft and carries at the other end an extension or handle By pulling or pushing the handle j, the shaft connected therewith and through the medium of the intermediate members g, f, it the other shaft, are rotated the one, however, in the opposite direction to the/other and thereby the curved pins are moved into or out of the hair.

The arrangement described possesses the advantage that the pills automatically remain in any position given to them especially in the extreme retracted position and thus the hands are free to adjust the hat to the proper position so that the actuating device is actuated only when the hat is in the proper position on the head; in addition the pins cannot hurt the wearer by pulling the iair.

In order to permit of releasably securing the device in the hat, at one end the end member a of the support is formed sepa- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 9, 1911.

Patented J an. 13,1914.

Serial No. 653,639.

rately from the latter and is connected therewith by being pivotally mounted upon one of the cross members Z), as shown at m. Springs n connected at one end to fixed arms 0 on the supports and at the other end to arms 7) on the movable member (a of the support, hold the latter in its extreme eX- tended position in which it forms the normal extension of the support a. By inward pressure (in the direction of the arrow) on the cross rod or member 5 which joins the outer ends of the movable member a the distance apart of the ends of the supports or of the points q carried thereby is reduced and the whole device can be easily inserted in the hat whereupon on release of the movable supporting portions the points 9 under the action of the springs n enter the hat and hold the device firmly therein.

The device is very light and adds little weight to the hat, is easily operated, be comes secured in the hair in any desired position and can without trouble be inserted in any hat or removed therefrom so that for a large number of the hats only one device is required.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described a frame comprising curved members each provided at one end with a point, and a member pivotally connected with the said curved members and provided with points, springs arranged to normally hold the pivoted member in its extended position, and means carried by the frame .for engaging the hair.

2. In a device of the character described a frame comprising curved members each provided at one end with a point, and a member pivotally connected with the said curved members and provided with points, arms on the frame and on the pivoted member, springs secured at opposite ends to the arms on said frame and pivoted member and operating to normally hold the pivoted member in extended position, and means carried by the frame for engaging the hair.

Signed at Vienna, Lower Austria, Empire of Austria-Hungary this 20th day of September A. D. 1911.

EDUARD rij'cntnn.

VVitnesses WVILHELM Born, AUoUs'r FUcenR.

Ucpics of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

